Melville Fuller,
Lutcher v. United States — Opinion of the Court
“ United States This was an action brought by the United States in the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Texas against the firm of Lutcher & Moore, of that district, doing a milling and manufacturing business at Orange, tex., to recover damages for cutting, carrying away, and converting to their own use certain timber, the property of the United States. Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States, March 11, 1891. April 3, 1891, a writ of error was allowed from the circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit. ”
